National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1887-06-08

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Chicago Hcrald. America is becoming the
most ,rustful nation on earth. No sooner
does the cattle trust, the last OF the com
mcrcial manacles put on the people, grow
handy to the understanding than there comes
news Of a rubber trust. Considering the
success Of oil previous combinations for
squeezing the masses, 1t does not require
any difficult stretch Of the Imagination to
conceive the danger to the people growing
out of this most recent Invasion OF the
rights of every citizen to buy and sell In
free rubber market.
Chicago Tribune: From the zeal aud in
dustry with which the New York Sun and
Hddid work at President-malling for the
Democracy one would suppose that they
had taken q contract to relieve the party
from all further responsibility in the matter.
With tireless II tiresome iteration the former
explains the folly OF renominating Cleve-
land, while the latter never fails to respond
that no other nomination should be thought
Of. They agree only In insisting that the
nominee must come from New York, which
is really the weakest point In the argument
OF each side. There is such n paucity OF
candidates, such an utter lack OF Demo
cratic statesmen, that no one else seems to
be much talked of; but aside from that the
Empire State, pivotal as 1t is, has no corner
on the Presidency.
Hartford Post. Just as II this country
was not sufficiently overrun with the worst
classes of Europe, foisted upon us by
"assistance,n and other means which tech
nically escape our immigration laws, there
is to be an influx on the Pacific coast. The
commercial agent at New Caledonia, South
Pacific ocean, has reported to the Depart
ment Of State that convcts In that colony
are being liberated with the understanding
that they must not settle r. y English or
| French colony, and as p consequence the
| majority Of them are =, ing to San Fran
cisco. He says that propo ttion is now be
| fore the local parliament to vote LOCO for
landing In San francisco all the liberated
convicts. This would seem to be point
| Just beyond what this country ought to
endure. II these criminals land in San
| Francisco, they should be Immediately re-
| shipped to the parts from whence they
| come. The United States cannot afford to
be penal colony for the whole world, and
all the prisoners loose, at that.
Detroit Tribune. The little episode at
| Washington the other day, In which the
| southern military companies took special
pains to display their hatred OF the colored
race, has been the subject OF much com.
ment In political circles. The refusal OF
those companies to be seen on parade with
the colored troops was more than an answer
to all the bypocritical advances made by
the Democratic party to secure the colored
vote. The war was ended twenty-five year!
ago, but the prejudice OF southern Democ
racy is still as bitter as ever. This south
ern intolerance Of the negro exhibited a
the nation's capital is very conclusive evi
dence that the stories of southern intoler
ance of the negro at home In the south ar,
too true. Were the negroes decently treatei
by the southern bourbons at home the,
would not have been publicly iusulted away
from home, where all alike were guests a
the seat Of government.
Hartford CoWdnt: The leading Demo
Gratis, perhaps with the Presidents assent
are laying out an extensive vacation trip TO
him, to extend to the Pacific ocean an'
maybe to Alaska. The declared object o
this is to educate the President In knowl
edge Of his own country. His only travel
hitherto have been in the state OF New York
with two or three trips to Washington
since his election, and II has occurred TO hi
party that he is defective in geographic
and other information. Heretofore In tn
history OF the republic men have been SC
lected for President on account of thei
familiarity with the country and people an
knowledge OF their traits and character
that Is TO say, the man was after fashio
educated to be President. But 10 the pres
ent case, II being impossible for the Demo
Gratis to elect any well-known Democra
who had been identified with the part
measures for twenty-five years, and VIII
was presumably educated geographical
aud politically, the party took up ma
and made him President, intending to edu
cate him aftervard.